2016 Sky Blue FC season

Sky Blue FC

2016 season
President & CEO	Thomas Hofstetter
Head coach	Christy Holly
Stadium	Yurcak Field
Home colors Away colors
← 2015

The 2016 Sky Blue FC season was the team's eight season. Sky Blue played the 2016 season in National Women's Soccer League, the top tier of women's soccer in the United States.^[1]

Team

Roster

The first team roster of Sky Blue FC.^[2]

Current squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 2 MF Shawna Gordon 3 DF Christie Rampone 5 DF Maya Hayes 6 MF Taylor Lytle 7 MF Nikki Stanton 8 DF Erica Skroski 10 MF Ashley Nick 11 MF Raquel Rodriguez 12 MF Kim DeCesare 13 DF Kristin Grubka 15 DF CoCo Goodson

No. Position Player 16 MF Sarah Killion 18 GK Caroline Stanley 19 DF Kelley O'Hara 20 FW Samantha Kerr 21 FW Leah Galton 22 DF Rachel Breton 24 MF Kelly Conheeney 27 GK Caroline Casey 32 FW Natasha Kai 33 FW Erin Simon 44 MF Theresa Diederich

Match results

Preseason

Sky Blue FC v St. John's Red Storm

Sun Mar 20 preseason	Sky Blue FC	1 – 0	St. John's Red Storm	Scotch Plains, New Jersey
2:00pm ET	Killion  37' (pen.)	[p 1]		Stadium: Wexler Field

Sky Blue FC v North Carolina Tar Heels

Sat Mar 26 preseason	Sky Blue FC	2 – 0	North Carolina Tar Heels	Lakewood Township, New Jersey
2:00pm ET	Kai  4' DeCesare  61'	[p 2]		Stadium: Georgian Court University

Regular season

Seattle Reign FC v Sky Blue FC

Sun Apr 17 1	Seattle Reign FC	1 – 2	Sky Blue FC	Seattle, Washington
	Merritt Mathias  52' (Jessica Fishlock) Hope Solo  37' Rachel Corsie  81'	[m 1]	Tasha Kai  15' (Kelley O'Hara) Kelly Conheeney  67' (Taylor Lytle)	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 3,987 Referee: Karen Abt

Sky Blue FC v Washington Spirit

Sun Apr 24 2	Sky Blue FC	1 – 2	Washington Spirit	Piscataway, New Jersey
	Maya Hayes  66' (Taylor Lytle) Kelley O'Hara  74'	[m 2]	Ali Krieger  40' (Tori Huster) Shelina Zadorsky  46+' Diana Matheson  56' (Crystal Dunn)	Stadium: Yurcak Field Attendance: 2,571

Houston Dash v Sky Blue FC

Fri Apr 29 3	Houston Dash	0 – 0	Sky Blue FC	Houston
		[m 3]	Raquel Rodriguez  32'	Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium Attendance: 5,081 Referee: Reyna Fonseca

Sky Blue FC v Western New York Flash

Sat May 7 4	Sky Blue FC	1 – 2	Western New York Flash	Piscataway, New Jersey
	Maya Hayes  35' (Raquel Rodriguez) Nikki Stanton  41' Caroline Stanley  71'	[m 4]	Abby Dahlkemper  4' Jaelene Hinkle  71' (penalty) Samantha Mewis  86' (unassisted) Kristen Hamilton  90+3'	Stadium: Yurcak Field Attendance: 1,252 Referee: Ekaterina Koroleva

Sky Blue FC v Boston Breakers

Fri May 13 5	Sky Blue FC	1 – 0	Boston Breakers	Piscataway, New Jersey
	Own Goal (Kassey Kallman)  41'	[m 5]		Stadium: Yurcak Field Attendance: 1275 Referee: Guido Gonzeles, Jr.

Western New York Flash v Sky Blue FC

Sat May 21 6	Western New York Flash	5 – 2	Sky Blue FC	Rochester, New York
		[m 6]		Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium Attendance: 3,910 Referee: Farhad Dadkho

Chicago Red Stars v Sky Blue FC

Sun May 29 7	Chicago Red Stars	1 – 1	Sky Blue FC	Bridgeview, Illinois
	Sofia Huerta  34' (Jen Hoy)	[m 7][m 8][m 9]	Leah Galton  69' (Taylor Lytle)  57'	Stadium: Toyota Park Attendance: 2,502 Referee: Matthew Franz

Sky Blue FC v FC Kansas City

Sat Jun 11 8	Sky Blue FC	1 – 1	FC Kansas City	Piscataway, New Jersey
	Sarah Killion  30' (pen.)	[m 10]	Shea Groom  27' (Erika Tymrak)	Stadium: Yurcak Field Attendance: 2,754 Referee: Karen Abt

Sky Blue FC v Seattle Reign FC

Sun Jun 19 9	Sky Blue FC	0 – 0	Seattle Reign FC	Piscataway, New Jersey
		[m 11]		Stadium: Yurcak Field Attendance: 1,547 Referee: Margaret Domka

Washington Spirit v Sky Blue FC

Sat Jun 25 10	Washington Spirit	1 – 2	Sky Blue FC	Boyds, Maryland
	Diana Matheson  77' (Estefania Banini)	[m 12]	Raquel Rodriguez  8' (Leah Galton) Samantha Kerr  64' (Leah Galton)	Stadium: Maryland SoccerPlex Attendance: 3,448 Referee: Leszek Stalmach

Portland Thorns FC v Sky Blue FC

Sat Jul 2 11	Portland Thorns FC	2 – 1	Sky Blue FC	Portland, Oregon
	Dagny Brynjarsdottir  38' Nadia Nadim  62' (pen)	[m 13]	Tasha Kai  30'	Stadium: Providence Park Attendance: 14,287 Referee: Reyna Fonseca

Sky Blue FC v Houston Dash

Sat Jul 9 12	Sky Blue FC	1 – 0	Houston Dash	Piscataway, New Jersey
	Taylor Lytle  54'	[m 14]		Stadium: Yurcak Field Attendance: 1,732 Referee: Cuauhtemoc Delgadillo

Boston Breakers v Sky Blue FC

Sun Jul 17 13	Boston Breakers	2 – 3	Sky Blue FC	Boston, Massachusetts
	Angela Salem  3' Julie King  85'	[m 15]	Sarah Killion  28' (pen) Leah Galton  37' Erica Skroski  74'	Stadium: Jordan Field Attendance: 3,314 Referee: Matthew Franz

Sky Blue FC v Washington Spirit

Sat Jul 23 14	Sky Blue FC	1 – 0	Washington Spirit	Piscataway, New Jersey
	Leah Galton  24'	[m 16]		Stadium: Yurcak Field Attendance: 1,552 Referee: Matthew Kreitzer

Washington Spirit v Sky Blue FC

Sat Jul 30 15	Washington Spirit	3 – 1	Sky Blue FC	Boyds, Maryland
		[m 17]		Stadium: Maryland SoccerPlex Attendance: 2,930 Referee: Victor Rivas

Sky Blue FC v Chicago Red Stars

Sat Aug 27 16	Sky Blue FC	1 – 3	Chicago Red Stars	Piscataway, New Jersey
	Samantha Kerr  92+' (Leah Galton)	[m 18][m 19]	Stephanie McCaffrey  31' (unassisted) Christen Press  73' (Vanessa DiBernardo) Sofia Huerta  80' (Arin Gilliland) Alyssa Mautz  92+'	Stadium: Yurcak Field Attendance: 3,108 Referee: Danielle Brzezinski-Chesky

FC Kansas City v Sky Blue FC

Sun Sep 4 17	FC Kansas City	2 – 1	Sky Blue FC	Kansas City, Missouri
	Tiffany McCarty  46+' (unassisted) Yael Averbuch  85' (unassisted)	[m 20]	Samantha Kerr  40' (Leah Galton)	Stadium: Swope Soccer Village Attendance: 2,414 Referee: Victor Rivas

Sky Blue FC v Orlando Pride

Wed Sep 7 18	Sky Blue FC	1 – 1	Orlando Pride	Piscataway, New Jersey
	Sam Kerr  80' Nikki Stanton  90+'	[m 21]	Alex Morgan  23' (Maddy Evans)	Stadium: Yurcak Field Attendance: 2,055 Referee: Matthew Franz

Orlando Pride v Sky Blue FC

Sat Sep 10 19	Orlando Pride	1 – 2	Sky Blue FC	Orlando, Florida
	Kristen Edmonds  42' (unassisted) Toni Pressley  70'	[m 22]	Sam Kerr  48' (unassisted) Christie Rampone  49' Maya Hayes  53' (unassisted)	Stadium: Camping World Stadium Attendance: 6,788 Referee: Danielle Chesky

Sky Blue FC v Portland Thorns FC

Sun Sep 25 20	Sky Blue FC	1 – 3	Portland Thorns FC	Piscataway, New Jersey
	Natasha Kai  6' (kelley O'Hara) Kristin Grubka  59'	Report	Allie Long  41' (Tobin Heath) Lindsey Horan  57' (Nadia Nadim) Allie Long  84' (Hayley Raso)	Stadium: Yurcak Field Referee: Christina Unkel

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Portland Thorns FC	20	12	5	3	35	19	+16	41	NWSL Shield
2	Washington Spirit	20	12	3	5	30	21	+9	39	NWSL Playoffs
3	Chicago Red Stars	20	9	6	5	24	20	+4	33
4	Western New York Flash (C)	20	9	5	6	40	26	+14	32
5	Seattle Reign FC	20	8	6	6	29	21	+8	30
6	FC Kansas City	20	7	5	8	18	20	−2	26
7	Sky Blue FC	20	7	5	8	24	30	−6	26
8	Houston Dash	20	6	4	10	29	29	0	22
9	Orlando Pride	20	6	1	13	20	30	−10	19
10	Boston Breakers	20	3	2	15	14	47	−33	11

Source: NWSL
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(C) Champion.

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	Pts	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD
20	26	7	8	5	24	30	−6	2	3	3	9	12	−3	5	5	2	15	18	−3

Last updated: September 25, 2016
Source: Soccerway
Pld = Matches played; Pts = Points; W = Matches won; T = Matches tied; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20
Ground	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	W	L	D	L	W	L	D	D	D	W	L	W	W	W	L	L	L	D	W	L

Last updated: September 25, 2016.
Source:
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Squad statistics

Source: NWSL

N	Pos	Player	GP	GS	Min	G	A	PK	Shot	SOG	SOG%	Cro	CK	Off	Foul	FS	YC	RC
27	GK	Caroline Casey	10	9	860	0	0	0	0	0	—	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
24	MF	Kelly Conheeney	13	6	590	1	0	0	11	6	55%	1	2	4	12	7	1	0
12	MF	Kim DeCesare	6	3	242	0	0	0	3	1	33%	0	0	1	2	2	0	0
21	FW	Leah Galton	14	10	1021	3	4	0	19	8	42%	5	10	9	10	8	1	0
2	MF	Shawna Gordon	10	5	427	0	0	0	3	1	33%	0	2	3	0	1	0	0
13	DF	Kristin Grubka	15	14	1267	0	1	0	3	2	67%	0	0	2	15	6	2	0
4	FW	Maya Hayes	16	8	765	3	0	0	13	7	54%	0	3	3	7	8	0	0
32	FW	Tasha Kai	20	17	1410	4	1	0	38	22	58%	1	1	25	13	19	3	0
20	FW	Samantha Kerr	9	6	616	5	0	0	27	15	56%	0	1	5	5	5	0	0
16	MF	Sarah Killion	18	18	1620	3	1	3	13	7	54%	0	22	0	17	25	0	0
6	MF	Taylor Lytle	18	18	1506	1	4	0	12	2	17%	1	0	4	3	3	0	0
10	MF	Ashley Nick	3	1	103	0	0	0	0	0	—	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
19	DF	Kelley O'Hara	12	11	1033	1	2	0	25	8	32%	0	33	7	10	15	1	0
3	DF	Christie Rampone	20	20	1800	0	0	0	1	0	0%	0	0	2	7	10	1	0
26	DF	Domi Richardson	2	0	54	0	0	0	2	1	50%	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
11	MF	Raquel Rodriguez	18	17	1461	1	1	0	22	10	45%	1	0	0	18	26	1	0
88	MF	Danielle Schulmann	3	0	42	0	0	0	1	1	100%	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
33	DF	Erin Simon	19	18	1590	0	2	0	1	0	0%	0	0	4	17	16	1	0
8	DF	Erica Skroski	20	20	1784	1	0	0	4	3	75%	1	0	0	6	4	0	0
18	GK	Caroline Stanley	11	11	940	0	0	0	0	0	—	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
7	MF	Nikki Stanton	12	4	412	0	0	0	2	1	50%	0	0	0	10	1	3	0
29	FW	Catherine Zimmerman	5	4	257	0	0	0	1	0	0%	0	0	0	5	7	0	0
Team Total			20	—	19800	23	16	3	201	95	47%	10	74	69	160	168	15	0

N	Pos	Goal keeper	GP	GS	Min	GA	GA/G	PKA	PKF	Shot	SOG	Sav	Sav%	YC	RC
27	GL	Caroline Casey	10	9	860	14	1.40	1	1	122	46	32	70%	0	0
18	GK	Caroline Stanley	11	11	940	16	1.45	1	1	125	49	33	67%	1	0
Team Total			20	—	1800	30	1.50	2	2	247	95	65	68%	1	0

External links

• Official website

References

1. "ABOUT SKY BLUE SOCCER". skybluefc.com. Retrieved May 9, 2016.
2. "2016 ROSTER". skybluefc.com.

Match reports (preseason)

1. "SKY BLUE FC EARNS VICTORY IN 2016 PRESEASON OPENER". skybluefc.com. Retrieved May 9, 2016.
2. "SKY BLUE FC BLANKS NORTH CAROLINA WITH 2–0 VICTORY". skybluefc.com. Retrieved May 9, 2016.

Match reports (regular season)

1. "SKY BLUE FC HANDS SEATTLE REIGN FC ITS FIRST-EVER LOSS AT MEMORIAL STADIUM". skybluefc.com. Retrieved May 9, 2016.
2. "SPIRIT DEFEATS SKY BLUE FC, 2–1". nwslsoccer.com. Retrieved May 9, 2016.
3. "DASH HELD TO SCORELESS DRAW BY SKY BLUE FC". nwslsoccer.com. Retrieved May 9, 2016.
4. "SKY BLUE FC SUFFERS 2–1 DEFEAT TO FLASH". skybluefc.com. Retrieved May 9, 2016.
5. "Resilient Sky Blue FC Side Earns Three Home Points Over Boston Breakers". skybluefc.com. Retrieved May 16, 2016.
6. "Sky Blue FC Suffers Road Defeat to Flash". skybluefc.com. Retrieved May 31, 2016.
7. "Huerta Scores as Chicago Ties Sky Blue FC 1–1". chicagoredstars.com. Retrieved May 31, 2016.
8. "Galton Fires Second Half Equalizer to Help Sky Blue FC Earn Road Point". skybluefc.com. Retrieved May 31, 2016.
9. "MAY 29, 2016 – Chicago Red Stars vs. Sky Blue FC". nwslsoccer.com. Retrieved May 31, 2016.
10. "Midfielder Sarah Killion Converts First Half Penalty Kick in Draw". skybluefc.com. Retrieved June 26, 2016.
11. "Two Sides Play to a Scoreless Stalemate at Yurcak Field". skybluefc.com. Retrieved June 26, 2016.
12. "Leah Galton Assists on Goals by Raquel Rodriguez, Sam Kerr". skybluefc.com. Retrieved June 26, 2016.
13. "SECOND HALF PENALTY KICK IS DIFFERENCE AS SKY BLUE FC FALLS TO PORTLAND THORNS FC". skybluefc.com. Retrieved August 3, 2016.
14. "TAYLOR LYTLE ROCKETS GAME-WINNER TO LEAD SKY BLUE FC PAST HOUSTON DASH". skybluefc.com. Retrieved August 3, 2016.
15. "SKY BLUE FC COMPLETES SEASON SWEEP OF BOSTON BREAKERS". skybluefc.com. Retrieved August 3, 2016.
16. "SKY BLUE FC WINS THIRD STRAIGHT MATCH, BLANKS WASHINGTON SPIRIT". skybluefc.com. Retrieved August 3, 2016.
17. "SKY BLUE FC FALLS ON THE ROAD TO WASHINGTON SPIRIT". skybluefc.com. Retrieved August 3, 2016.
18. "Sky Blue FC Suffers 3-1 Home Defeat to Chicago Red Stars at Yurcak Field". skybluefc.com. Retrieved August 30, 2016.
19. "Chicago Attack Flexes Muscles in 3-1 Win at Sky Blue FC". chicagoredstars.com. Retrieved August 28, 2016.
20. "KANSAS CITY RALLIES TO WIN 2-1 OVER SKY BLUE FC". nwslsoccer.com. Retrieved September 4, 2016.
21. "SKY BLUE FC COMES BACK TO EARN 1-1 DRAW WITH ORLANDO". nwslsoccer.com. Retrieved September 10, 2016.
22. "SKY BLUE FC RALLIES FOR 2-1 ROAD WIN OVER ORLANDO PRIDE". nwslsoccer.com. Retrieved September 10, 2016.

See also

• 2016 National Women's Soccer League season
• 2016 in American soccer